四2012高职高专考试题

山东省高职高专英语应用能力考试样卷四

21. Many people feel that they _______ to spend a lot of time doing something useless.

A) are being forced B) are forcing C) force D) to be forced

22.Despite the fact that the rich ______ much richer in the recent past, large numbers of

other citizens are becoming poorer.

A) is b ecoming B) have become C) becomes D) has

become

23.If only I______to what he was saying. Maybe he was trying to tell me how he left.

A) have listened B) had listened C) listened D) would listen

24.I don’t know why, but I see that ______ now than I ever did at that time.

A) clearly B) most clearly C) more clearly D) clear

25. She looked _______ she didn’t know what I was talking about, which was OK.

A) as if B) that C) when D) where

26. She will always remember the day ________ her father returned form Canada.

A) when B) where C) which D) why

27.They watched her closely ________ a cat watches a rat.

A) as B) like C) where D) when

28.With the house _________, the villagers became homeless.

A) burning down B) having burned down C) being burned down D) burned

down

29._______ like that again, she would be punished.

A) If she acts B) Does she act C) Should she act D) If she had acted

30.----- Has he finished reading the book? ----- I hope ______.

A) it B) so C) that D) one

31. Y ou ’d better _____ a doctor since your son felt very uncomfortable.

A) send out B) send in C) send off D) send for

32. The hotel offers its guests a wide _____ of amusements.

A) variable B) vary C) various D) variety

33. We _____ importance not only to our development in this century, but even more to our development in the next.

A) attempt B) attach C) attend D) attack

34. He has an energetic young secretary who is _______ of hard working.

A) capable B) able C) enable D) liable

35. Y ou will be informed when the book becomes _______.

A) comfortable B) avoidable C) available D) considerable

36. Lack of time forbids any further discussion at the point.

A) prohibits B) allows C) avoids D) prevents

37. I’ve always believed that happiness counts more than money.

A) considers B) treasures C) matters D) values

38. After so many attempts, they have already abandoned all hope.

A) given away B) given up C) given off D) given in

39.He made a terrible mistake, but he refused to admit it.

A) acknowledge B) account C) admire D) adopt

40. After we have made many attempts, we find there appears to be no other alternative.

A) choice B) selection C) election D) choose

Part III Reading Comprehension (30 points, 30 minutes)

Passage One

1975, Microsoft: Bill Gates founded Microsoft with a group of school friends. Gates is worth ￡25 billion.

1976, Apple: Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs built the first ready-made PC in a garage, selling a scientific calculator and a Volkswagen microbus to pay for it. Apple is now worth ￡6.3 billion.

1984, Dell: Michael Dell, 39, founded the Dell Computer Corporation, now the world’s biggest PC manufacturer, by selling custom-built PCs directly to customs. It is worth ￡37 billion and Dell’s personal wealth is believed to exceed ￡10 billion.

1994: Linux Torvalds created the Linux operating system while studying at Helsinki University. From the start, the code was freely distributed, It is becoming more popular as an alternative to the Windows operating system. He has become wealthy with his company Transmeta.

1998, Google: Sergey Brin and Larry Page began their search engine in a friend’s garage. It is now reputedly worth about ￡25 billion.

1999: Napster: Shawn Fettings quit college at 19 to create a music download site with his uncle. By 2000 it was worth ￡42 million.

1999: Evan Williams, 28, founded www. Blogger. com. It now has more than a million registered users. In 2003 he sold it to Google.

41. The underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to ____________.

A) customers who buy PCs B) Dell computer corporation C) Michael Dell D)Selling

custom-built PCs

42. From the passage, we can infer the following EXCEPT_____

A) www. belongs to Google now

B) Gates’ personal wealth is larger tan that of Dell’s

C) Shawn Fettings creates a music download site all by himself

D) Microsoft has a longer history than Apple

43. Which of the following match is NOT correct?

A)Linux--- Transmeta, Evan----www.

B) Steve Jobs--- Apple, Shawn--- Napster

C) Larry Page---- Google, Bill Gates---- Microsoft

D) Sergey Brin--- Google, Linux----Dell

44. What would be the best title for the passage?

A) Famous Computer Companies B) Net Millionaires

C) How to Run a Computer Company Successfully D) Being Successful

Passage Two

The young people who talk of the village as being “dead” are talking nothing but nonsense, as in their hearts they must surely know.

No, the village is not dead. There is more life in it now than there ever was. But it seems